Fox News’s Bret Baier asked VP Kamala Harris a simple question: “How many illegal immigrants would you estimate your administration has released into the country over the last three and a half years?”
Harris tried to give a long-winded non-answer, but Baier wasn’t having it. She kept trying to steer the conversation while Baier attempted to keep her on topic.
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HARRIS: Well, I’m glad you raised the issue of immigration, because I agree with you. It is a topic of discussion that people want to rightly have. And you know what I’m going to talk about.BAIER: But just a number. Do you think it’s 1 million, 3 million?*Harris gets flustered.* HARRIS: Brett, let’s just get to the point, okay? The point is that we have a broken immigration system that needs to be repaired.BAIER: So your homeland security secretary said. That 85% of apprehension…HARRIS: I’m not finished.BAIER: …of 6 million people have been released into the country and… Let me just finish, I’ll get to the question. I promise you.HARRIS: I was beginning to answer.BAIER: And when you came into office your administration immediately reversed a number of Trump border policies. Most significantly, the policy that required illegal immigrants to be detained through deportation either in the US or in Mexico, and you switched that policy. They were released from custody awaiting trial. So instead, included in those were a large number of single men, adult men, who went on to commit heinous crimes. So, looking back, do you regret the decision to terminate Remain in Mexico at the beginning of your administration?HARRIS: At the beginning of our administration, within practically hours of taking the oath, the first bill that we offered Congress before we worked on infrastructure before the Inflation Reduction Act, before the Chips and Science Act, before the bipartisan Safety Communities Act, the first bill, practically within hours of taking the oath, was a bill to fix our immigration system.BAIER: Yes, ma’am. It was called the US Citizen Citizenship act of 2000.HARRIS: Exactly.BAIER: Yes, ma’am.HARRIS: May I finish responding? You have to let me finish.BAIER: You had the White House and the House and the Senate and. They didn’t bring up…HARRIS: …responding to the point you’re raising, and I’d like to finish.
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